2007-03-10 16:45:54 · 54 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Normal is just a cycle on the washing machine"
- Whoopi Goldberg
"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence
2007-03-17 19:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Curious Kim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"In an operation of this magnitude there are bound to be loses".
George Armstrong Custer. Reported by newsmen as a response to a question about anticipated casualties just before the the battle of the Little Big Horn.
I can't tell you why but the irony of his statement struck me hard the first time I heard the quote and it became a part of my long term memory instantly.
2007-03-10 16:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
ATTRIBUTION: William Morris (1834–1896), British artist, writer, printer. Lecture, 1877. “The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life and Progress,” publ. As “The Lesser Arts” in Hopes and Fears for Art (1882).
Morris’s first public lecture.
2007-03-17 08:16:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the I have a Dream speech by MLK, "I have a dream that someday people will be judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin" That is not correct wording, but the content is correct. I think it is one of the best quotes ever.
2007-03-15 05:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by Grandma Susie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas Adams
2007-03-10 17:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by ry_in_dubai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther King Jr
His quote, "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" is one of my favourites.
My quote, Don't let your choices of today, spoil your dreams of tomorrow
2007-03-10 17:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Daisy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My favorite quote-'Where there is a will, there is a way.'
2007-03-18 02:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.
From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
2007-03-10 19:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I wanted to kill all the fish i couldn't afford to eat. Smother all the french beaches i
d never see. I wanted the whole world to hit bottom. I wanted to put a bullet between the eyes of every panda that wouldn't screw to save it's species and every whale or dolphin that just gave up and ran itself aground."
-Chuck Palahniuk (fight club)
2007-03-10 17:06:06 · answer #9 · answered by Seduce A Stranger :] 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E=MC2...Energy Equals Mass Times the Speed of Light Squared.
2007-03-10 16:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by Robert I 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋